I played a game called Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory at the pro level (of course making small amounts of money even as a teenager like things were back then).
A lot of the time in the game was spent scrimming on private servers against other teams. Public games were played on the team’s public server, where people of all skill levels would meet. The highest skilled players would always look to be challenged and would switch to the weaker team all the time. Of course on the scoreboard you’d have people who had a K/D of 40/2 and people who were 1/12.
People who weren’t looking to improve and got stomped would of course leave.
After a while of playing on a server you’d know the good players and they’d also self select to form teams with each other and move to private servers.
A lot of the time in the game was spent scrimming on private servers against other teams. Public games were played on the team’s public server, where people of all skill levels would meet. The highest skilled players would always look to be challenged and would switch to the weaker team all the time. Of course on the scoreboard you’d have people who had a K/D of 40/2 and people who were 1/12.
People who weren’t looking to improve and got stomped would of course leave.
After a while of playing on a server you’d know the good players and they’d also self select to form teams with each other and move to private servers.